Uthman Mardalov

Uthman Mardalov (died 17 August 2016) was an Islamic State member from Chechnya who was killed after attacking traffic policemen in Moscow alongside Salim Israilov.

Biography
Uthman Mardalov was born in Chechnya, Russia to a Sunni Muslim Chechen family, and he spoke in both Russian and Arabic. Mardalov and fellow Chechen Muslim Salim Israilov pledged allegiance to the Islamic State and planned to launch a revenge attack against the Russian government for the Russian Air Force's bombing of Syria, and on 17 August 2016 the two of them used guns and melee weapons to attack traffic policemen on the Balashika motorway in Moscow. However, the two of them were killed in the attack, having injured just two policemen.